04 Feb

[ February 6, 2026 release via Berlin Classics – Barbican Quartet – Lux Intus ]

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February 6th, 2026, release via Berlin Classics

The acclaimed London-based Barbican Quartet, First Prize Winner of 2022 ARD Music Competition, releases Lux Intus. The album contains works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Rebecca Clarke, and Edward Elgar, culminating in the world premiere recording of a newly commissioned quartet by Sophia Jani.

“The Barbican Quartet love to take risks in their playing and are not afraid to push boundaries… the quartet has a distinctive style: with their very own sound, their emotional interpretations, but also in their programming.” – Marcus Stäbler, NDR Kulture, Album of the Week (writing about Manifesto on Love)

11 Oct

[ October 15th, 2025 release via Etcetera Records, Nancy Braithwaite – Wonderings and Other Revelations ]

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Available October 15, 2025 via Etcetera Records

Internationally acclaimed clarinettist Nancy Braithwaite’s second recording, Wonderings and Other Revelations, showcases works by contemporary Dutch and American composers. Joining Braithwaite are Claron McFadden, soprano; Ernst Munneke, piano; Matthias Naegele, cello; Vaughan Schlepp, piano; Michael Stirling, cello; Bas Verheijden, piano; Amarins Wierdsma, violin; Joost Willemze, harp; and Richard Wolfe, viola

“I’m absolutely charmed by this album – it radiates a deep personal love for the music, for the composers, and for the sheer joy of playing which shines throughout. And what discoveries this album contains!” – Peter van Nes, NPO Klassiek, The Netherlands

“Braithwaite plays the clarinet magnificently… A truly gorgeous record, a discovery.” – Carel den Hertog, NPO Klassiek, The Netherlands

05 Jun

[ June the 7th, 2024 release on Genuin: Barbican Quartet – Manifesto on Love ]

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GENUIN Classics releases The Barbican Quartet – first prize winner of the ARD International String Quartet Competition 2022 extraordinary debut album – Manifesto on Love. Out on the 7th of June, 2024.

“Finely structured and virtuosically balanced… the Barbicans brought to Beethoven’s op. 59.2 the intensity and instinctiveness that the slow movement needs, while giving the other movements joy, frenzy and punch. Justifiably thunderous applause.” – Harald Eggebrecht, Süddeutsche Zeitung reviewing one of their performances at the ARD competition